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Students attend law school to pursue a wide variety of goals. In order to meet those goals, the program of legal education at the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville offers numerous pathways to the profession. The curriculum is designed to ensure each student has a well-rounded background in all of the key areas of legal practice as well as emerging fields of interest in the profession.

The law school is committed to providing students with the critical professionalism experiences and skills training for the practice of law. This acculturation process begins at orientation and continues throughout the program of study. Students participate in a series of professionalism events and classes: Orientation to the Law School and Legal Profession and the Introduction to Lawyering class in the first year; Lawyering Skills in the second year; and Partners in Professionalism programs linking students with members of the local bar in the third year.

This guide provides an overview of some areas of study available at the law school. Students who are interested in any of the fields contained in this curriculum guide are encouraged to seek out professors teaching those courses as well as the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, the Director of Student Records and the Director of Academic Support. The courses offered at the law school in particular areas of legal study are outlined below.

The subject area lists as well as the course catalogue illustrate the range of courses offered at the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville in a particular area of the law. Not all courses listed will be offered. The law school ensures that sufficient sections of core and required courses are offered. Other upper division elective courses may be offered less frequently. Many are offered every other year and some courses are offered less frequently due to faculty leaves and sabbaticals. In a small school such as ours, we can respond to student interests as these emerge during a student's course of study. If a number of students express an interest in a class that is not regularly offered or is not part of the course catalogue, we will make every effort to add the class to the schedule. The administration also may add courses to the schedule that do not appear in the course catalogue.